TBS had technical difficulties that prevented it from showing live coverage of the first 20 minutes -- and the first home run -- of Game 6 of the American League championship series between Boston and Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

TBS had technical difficulties that prevented it from showing live coverage of the first 20 minutes -- and the first home run -- of Game 6 of the American League championship series between Boston and Tampa Bay on Saturday night.

Not since the buying frenzy of 1999, when people bought champagne in bulk to ring in the millennium, have U.S. champagne and sparkling wine sales been so high. Volume for 2007 is expected to hit 900 million glasses, up 4% over 2006, says the 2007 Impact Annual Wine Study.

Cedric the Entertainer is taking his act to the race course. The actor-comedian announced Thursday he would join the Champ Car series as part-owner of the HVM Racing team through the 2006 season. He is the first African-American owner on the U.S.-based, open-wheel circuit.

In a major Hollywood roll of the dice, media conglomerate Viacom (VIA) on Thursday named Brad Grey, a veteran talent manager with little experience making movies as the head of its struggling Paramount studio.